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Come walk with me into the woods
And we will see a world of reds and golds.
As the leaves crunch beneath our feet,
The song of the wild ducks will echo in the distance.
We will smell the fresh air from an autumn sky
And taste the beauty of nature around us.
Come walk with me . . . into the woods.

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Manu Sporny wrote: > Karl Dubost wrote: >> Maybe the two of you should put down a wiki page breaking down the issue >> in small parts, explaining the practical options with implementations >> testing. > > In principle, this is a good idea, and should be done. > > However, Ben already has more than enough on his plate and this isn't > really his, or the RDFa Task Force's, issue... is it? This is an issue > that spans HTML* and XHTML* - it's a TAG issue, AFAICT. > > We could put it up on the RDFa wiki, but that may give people the false > impression that RDFa created the issue, and thus we must address it... > which we don't have authority to do. > > Where does this important issue belong and who is responsible for > addressing it? My modest contribution to this effort: http://esw.w3.org/topic/link_relations > -- manu - Sam RubyReceived on Saturday, 28 February 2009 18:42:33 UTC
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Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that an arbitration panel has ruled in Braun's favor, and thrown out the mandatory 50-game suspension for a positive drug test in October. It's the first time a failed test has been overruled at the MLB level, and it just so happens it's the reigning MVP.
Details are still trickling out, but Haudricourt notes that Braun did not contest the test results, but rather some aspect of the testing process itself. The three-man panel consisted of reps from the MLBPA, MLB, and the likely deciding vote, the independent Shyam Das, best known for handling every salary arbitration case.. Here's the full statement from MLB, which closes with "Major League Baseball vehemently disagrees with the decision rendered today by arbitrator Shyam Das."


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Aston Martin DB9 gets nip and tuck
* Exterior styling changes * New adaptive suspension system * Small increase in prices...
A face-lifted Aston Martin DB9 will go on sale next month, with a range of styling changes and a new adaptive suspension system.
The DB9's makeover comprises of a new front bumper, restyled radiator grille and air intake, styling changes to the headlights and rear lights, silver brake calipers and 20-spoke alloy wheels.
The suspension system has been updated, too. The DB9 now has an Adaptive Damping System (ADS), which Aston Martin says improves ride comfort in standart set-up and sharper handling when switched to Sport mode.
Tyre pressure monitoring, a revised Bluetooth microphone and Bang & Olufsen audio options complete the DB9's updates.
Along with the styling changes comes a price increase of just under 3000 for both the coupe and Volante (convertible) models. The DB9 Coupe will cost from 122,445, while the Volante starts at 131,445.


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Photos continue to leak out from the set of Zack Snyder's Superman reboot, Man of Steel. The latest photos confirm the groundbreaking and terrifying rumors that began to fly when we saw the first official image of Henry Cavill as Superman. "Surely," we asked, "they wouldn't deprive Superman of his external underwear?" But as you can see from these new set photos, deprived him they have. I guess now Superman will be cool. The set photos also show villainess Faora (Antje Traue) rocking a badass cape, more shots of a guy in a mo-cap suit, and in the background there's a newspaper truck for "The Smallville Sentinel". Seriously, how much of this freaking movie takes place in Smallville? Smallville was on the air for 23 years. We don't need to go back.
Hit the jump to check out the set photos. The film also stars Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Julia Ormand, Harry Lennix, Christopher Meloni, and Russell Crowe. Man of Steel opens June 14, 2013.
Via the unofficial Man of Steel Facebook page.
Here's the synopsis for Man of Steel:
In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question – Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as "Superman," not only to shine as the world's last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.


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There are so many eucalyptus trees in Orange County we hardly notice them at all. But these Australian natives are one of my first olfactory experiences: My preschool playground was covered in the woody and pungent seed pods crushed under the feet of 4-year-olds.
It's a mint-like smell I equate with Southern California and a tree I never get tired of looking at.
Eucalyptuses came to Southen California circa 1860. Phineas Banning, a wealthy entrepreneur in the shipping industry, planted them from seed at his Wilmington estate. The seeds were passed on to him by an Australian missionary.
Ellwood Cooper, an oil man and horticulturist in Santa Barbara, bought 2,000 acres in 1870, and because the land was sparsely vegetated except for scattered oaks and sycamores, he raised more than 150,000 eucalyptus trees of 24 varieties not only as windbreaks, but for ornamental purposes.
The blue gum variety could grow 60 feet in six years, and suddenly everyone got a little greedy on the lumber front. Since Orange County was virtually treeless except in the canyons, speculation ran high for eucalyptus as a source of wood for the building industry.
Abbot Kenney, a Venice developer, distributed free seeds across the state around 1880 and promoted its virtues as a windbreak, source of eucalyptus oil to treat coughs and colds, and as a speculative source of lumber.
Laguna Beach, through the Timber Culture Act of 1871, offered 160 acres of free land to anyone who would plant 10 acres of eucalyptuses.
Farmers plowed their produce fields and planted gum. In fact, what is now Lake Forest was once a eucalyptus plantation.
By 1904, there was a eucalyptus craze raging. A rumor that the United States was experiencing a hardwood famine had everyone planting on what space they could find – even in their own back yards.
By 1912, 50,000 acres in Southern California were devoted to the trees. Nurseryman Theodore Payne in Los Angeles became the largest source of seed.
Raising eucalyptuses was heavily promoted as a solution for financial trouble, and everyone got in on the act.
But the rush went bust in 1913 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the wood was virtually useless for lumber because it cracked, warped and twisted.
What remains are the windbreaks, the rows between properties, and street trees in some cities.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA/CNN/Gray News) – Four-year-old cancer survivor Whitaker Weinburger is buzzing with excitement after this week's epic birthday surprise.
His parents wanted to make his fourth birthday special, because he's been sick every birthday of his young life.
The boy loves the Bumblebee character from "Transformers," so they put out a plea on social media for yellow vehicles to come to northern Virginia on Sept. 11 to surprise him on his one-mile walk to school.
"We hope to see our street teeming with yellow cars on Whitaker's birthday, and can't wait to see his joy and surprise," said a Facebook event page. "For us, the magic of the thousands of you who care has been an everlasting gift."
When Wednesday came, the turnout didn't disappoint.
Yellow vehicles of all shapes and sizes – from cars to firetrucks – began arriving before dawn in Alexandria.
"It's just very overwhelming to see all the support," Whitaker's aunt Marah Smart said. "The kid has been through hell."
Every birthday his entire life has been hard to celebrate while fighting stage 4 neuroblastoma.
After Whitaker beat back cancer this past year, his parents decided to throw their Bumblebee-obsessed son a 4th birthday party like no other.
After well-wishers sang to him, the birthday boy began his walk to preschool.
"Whitaker, what do you think about this? It's bumblebee everywhere," said mom Erin Weinburger.
You see, this young man thinks all yellow vehicles transform into Bumblebee. It's all he talks about.
And he wasn't disappointed.
"Bumblebee. Bumblebee. Bumblebee," Whitaker squealed. "I want to keep all of them."
Mom was just about overwhelmed.
"You want to keep them all?" Erin Weinburger said as she tried to take it all in. "This is crazy. This is absolutely crazy."
One estimate put the number of vehicles at over 200. All of it for little Whitaker.
"It's amazing. I can't believe how great this is," mom said. "I can't believe how many people showed up, such an insanely great community we live in."
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First things first..I just heart blue, gray & yellow. And when they're all together- perfection!
Baby 'Sprinkles' are becoming more and more popular. If the mother-to-be already has children, and has had a baby shower in the past, you can still 'sprinkle' her with gifts as they call it. Such a great idea. Because lets face it, you can never have too many onesies or diapers!
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Loyola at a Glance Faculty/Staff Newsletter
April 20, 2012 Issue
Chart-topping recording sensations make US debut at Loyola
In celebration of Loyola University New Orleans' centennial, the Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series is proud to present the United States debut of the chart-topping recording sensations, The Priests, along with special guest vocalist Sarah Jane McMahon '02.
Uriel Quesada named an American Council on Education Fellow
Uriel Quesada, Ph.D., director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, has been selected to be an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2012-13 academic year.
English professor receives prestigious career enhancement fellowship
Trimiko Melancon, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and faculty in African and African-American Studies at Loyola University New Orleans, was recently awarded a prestigious career enhancement fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Student advertising team gets high marks in national competition
The Loyola University New Orleans student-created advertising team, Rebirth Advertising, placed fourth in their region in the American Advertising Federation's annual national student competition for their campaign, "Meet Your Match," produced for Nissan Americas.
Student theatre cast featured in peer-reviewed drama journal
After a successful collaboration on "The Ascension" at a medieval dramatic festival in 2010, a performance by a student theatre cast from Loyola University New Orleans was recently selected as one of only three Chester Cycle plays reviewed in a recent edition of Early Theatre, a peer-reviewed journal.
Mass Communication professor takes 'Courtroom Carnival' to Jazz Fest
S.L. Alexander, Ph.D., associate professor of mass communication, will have a book signing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 4, 3-4 p.m. in the book tent. "Courtroom Carnival: Famous New Orleans Trials," which was released last year to positive reviews, chronicles several colorful courtroom clashes involving Louisiana's political and civic elite whose trials and tribulations captured widespread public attention.
Mass Communication students rack up journalism awards
Several students from the Loyola University New Orleans School of Mass Communication were recently recognized for exceptional journalism by two professional media organizations.
Law alumnus admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers
Barton Hegeler, J.D. '79, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America.
Montage Series pays tribute to founder of music preparatory program
The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans presents a "Remembrance and Tribute Concert" in honor of Janet Swanzy, Ph.D., founder and director of the Loyola Preparatory Department of Music and Dance, on Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall.
Loyola student band competes for spot at Hard Rock international music festival in London
Liquid Peace Revolution, a rock band of three Loyola University New Orleans freshmen and two former students, recently won the local round of Hard Rock Rising, an international battle of the bands at the Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans in March. The quintet must now compete for a spot on the bill at the 2012 Hard Rock Calling music festival in London's Hyde Park, featuring headlining performances by legendary musicians Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon.
Loyola to host Heartland Delta board meeting
Forty representatives, including four Jesuit provincials and six Jesuit university presidents from 12 Jesuit universities and colleges, will travel to Loyola University New Orleans on April 22 - 23 for the annual Heartland Delta board meeting. University President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., will host the conference.
Loyola Ballet celebrates National Dance Week with performances, Russian masterpiece
The Loyola Ballet celebrates National Dance Week and Loyola University New Orleans' centennial with a mixed repertory program on Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m., in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex, on Loyola's main campus. The performances, directed by Laura Zambrano, include classical, contemporary and character works.
Loyola symphony orchestra and jazz band perform this weekend
The Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series at Loyola University New Orleans features the Loyola Symphony Orchestra and the Loyola Jazz Band in two free performances this weekend in Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex, on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street.
Law clinic professors bring social justice conference to New Orleans
Two members of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice at the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law recently organized the People's Law Conference, held in New Orleans in late March.
Spring Yamauchi series lecture focuses on First Amendment
The Department of Religious Studies at Loyola University New Orleans presents Barbra Barnett, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of religious ethics, in a lecture, "The Amish Bernie Madoff vs. The First Amendment" on Tuesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in Miller Hall, Room 114. A reception preceding the lecture will begin at 6:15 p.m.
Loyola announces Coadjutor Optimus Award recipients
Loyola University New Orleans Human Resources Coordinator Doris Newman, and Rich Wilson, senior academic counselor in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, were presented the Coadjutor Optimus Award on April 3 during Loyola's faculty and staff appreciation luncheon.
Global Business Association panel discussion explores business opportunities in Latin America
The Loyola University New Orleans chapter the of Global Business Association hosted its first annual panel discussion Thursday, April 19 on the topic "Business Environment and Culture in Latin America." The event was moderated by Jeffrey Krug, Ph.D., the Jack and Vada Reynolds Chair in International Business and GBA adviser.
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Some denominations have a strict division between what Christ does and what we do. According to them, Christ does everything necessary for our salvation, while we only receive the finished product.
We should recognize that this strict separation arises from a certain humility; that is, not wanting man to have any share in the glory that belongs to Christ. This humility ought to move us deeply, and we should honor it. Yet, from an Orthodox point of view, such a strict separation, by definition, is the very opposite of salvation!
What does Christ Himself say? "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one…" (John 17:22) He wants to share His own glory, the very glory the Father gave Him, with those who are His own!
In Orthodox teaching, salvation = communion with Christ. (The Greek word koinonia is communion, not "fellowship"!) Communion with Christ means we share by grace all that He is by nature; in our flesh thinking His thoughts, speaking His words, and doing His deeds. We let Him live His life in our flesh. "I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me…" (Galatians 2:20. This is too often an aspiration more than current fact.) There is no greater intimacy with someone else than to let Him live His life through our minds and bodies. This is the sense in which we are quite literally His body: His Spirit operates in our flesh. And this glorifies Him. "And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them." (John 17:10)
This communion with Christ is not a means to some other end (such as getting into heaven). We aren't made one with Christ in order to become eligible to receive eternal life, but the other way around: God bestows eternal life upon us, unworthy though we be, that we may be completely one with Him Who IS life and resurrection, because as long as death lurks in our members, we are incompatible with Him. Christ is the end, the goal, the Alpha and Omega. Yes, He is the Door into heaven, but He also IS heaven. He Himself is our paradise, and we go there for the sake of being with Him (rather than going to Him for the sake of getting there).
Being made one with Him in Holy Baptism means sharing in His life and in His death. (Romans 6:3) It means being "partakers of Christ's sufferings." (I Peter 4:13) St. Paul counts everything but loss "that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the communion of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death." And in fact, the chief glory of the Christian's suffering is precisely that it is Christ suffering in him. "For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13) Yes, He is still able and willing to suffer for our sake, not in the body that was crucified, but in Christians' bodies, as St. John Chrysostom says. As Christ Himself put it, "Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me." And on the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus heard Jesus say, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?" (Acts 9:3)
As St. John Chrysostom said, "Look how He hath knitted us unto Himself." !!!
That is why everything the Christian does is (supposed to be) a sacrifice to God. We are called to give up living according to the promptings of our own flesh, and instead live according to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to express Himself in our flesh (or rather, to express Christ, for the Spirit always expresses the Son, rather than Himself).
Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
And the Holy Communion is where, most of all, we are made participants of Christ's suffering. NOT that His once-for-all sacrifice was in any way incomplete or deficient! But, for another reason altogether: that, for love's sake, we may join Him in this, too, as in all else. Time and space are transcended as, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we stand at the foot of His cross, eyewitnesses no less than those who were historically present, and participants with Him as we offer with Him His all-sufficient and once-for-all sacrifice and join to it our own sacrifice, of our selves, of our lives, of our deaths, of our love, obedience, thanks, and praise.
Christ wants to have with us not simply communion, but that very communion of mutual indwelling that He has with the Father:
John 17:21-26 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."


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I wonder why I can find only so little attempts of concisely defining "directions" and "isotropy" of graphs.
In Euclidean spaces "directions" can be identified with equivalence classes of parallel straight lines. And on directions definitions of "isotropy" and "anisotropy" normally rely.
I believe it's easy to define a "straight line" in a graph:
Definition 1: Let $x$ be straightly connected to $y$ iff there is a unique (!) shortest path between vertices $x$ and $y$ of finite length. A straight line then is a maximal set of pairwise straightly connected vertices.
Before I go to try to define parallelity I want to temporarily restrict the examination to infinite planar graphs whose faces tile the plane (planar tiling graphs for short) because these are the graphs I have in mind, finally. By doing so a straight line is additionally assumed to be infinite.
Parallelity cannot be defined so unambiguously. Two definitions come to mind:
Definition 2.1: Let two straight lines $l_1$ and $l_2$ be weakly parallel iff they have no vertex in common.
(This definition will definitely only make sense for planar graphs.)
Definition 2.2: Let two straight lines $l_1$ and $l_2$ be strongly parallel iff there is a bijection $\pi$ from $l_1$ to $l_2$, such that $x$ and $\pi(x)$ have equal distance for all $x \in l_1$.
A litmus test for a good definition of "straight lines" and "parallels" might be whether a planar (tiling) graph can always be drawn such that straight graph lines are mapped on straight geometric lines and parallel graph lines on parallel geometric lines.
Question 1: Can be seen at a glance whether the definitions above pass this litmus test?
Question 2: Are there known equivalent definitions (with different terminology only)?
Question 3: Are there known other definitions in the same spirit?
Question 4: Are there interesting results involving such definitions and maybe regularity and/or symmetry?


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Google's Schmidt: Apple Should Have Kept Our Maps
Google Inc.'s popular mapping application likely won't migrate to Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 anytime soon, the Internet search giant's executive chairman Eric Schmidt said Tuesday.
But Mr. Schmidt, in Tokyo for the Japan launch of his company's Nexus 7 tablet computer, declined to rule out a future possible deal and said his company remains in regular contact with Apple on a range of issues. Google supplied Google Maps for the iPhone until the version that hit stores at the end of last week, racking up sales of five million in its first three days.


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Bush will 'go on with life'
Defends refusal to meet protester
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Cox News Service
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush, noting that lots of people want to talk to the president and "it's also important for me to go on with my life," on Saturday defended his decision not to meet with the grieving mom of a soldier killed in Iraq.
Bush said he is aware of the anti-war sentiments of Cindy Sheehan and others who have joined her protest near the Bush ranch.
"But whether it be here or in Washington or anywhere else, there's somebody who has got something to say to the president, that's part of the job," Bush said on the ranch. "And I think it's important for me to be thoughtful and sensitive to those who have got something to say."
"But," he added, "I think it's also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life."
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 are preparing for their biggest challenge yet – the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL) Western Conference Championships.
The 'Caps will be joined by FC Tucson, Kitsap Pumas, and Ventura County Fusion in the conference final four. The competition consists of two semifinal matches on Friday, followed by the conference championship on Saturday. All matches will take place at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Arizona and will be streamed live online from whitecapsfc.com
In the semifinals, Kitsap and Ventura County will meet at 6 p.m. PT on Friday, while the 'Caps will take on hosts Tucson FC at 8 p.m. PT. The winners will move on to the PDL Western Conference final, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. PT on Saturday.
The final team left standing on Saturday will represent the Western Conference at the PDL Championships, which pit a team from each of the four conferences against one another to determine the league champion.
It was a tale of two seasons for Whitecaps FC U-23
For the first six matches of the 2014 PDL campaign, the 'Caps couldn't buy a break. Or a win. Their record belied their level of performance, and a combination of bad luck and last-second goals from the opposition left the club winless after their first six games, earning three draws along the way.
The whole time, they played a smart, fast-paced, possession style, and waited for the results to line up with their level of performance.
When the results finally started coming, they didn't stop.
The 'Caps strung together eight consecutive wins to close out the regular season, racking up 24 goals and allowing only four against over that stretch en route to a regular season record of 8W-3L-3D. Then, the Blue and White carried their phenomenal play into their playoff matchup with Highlanders FC.
The 'Caps dominated Victoria, a club that had beaten them twice earlier in the season, to the tune of a 7-2 final score. Vancouver's best players from the regular season found another level in the post-season showdown, as leading goals scorers Cody Cook and Niall Cousens each posted a brace in the rout.
The Blue and White will be without four players during the Western Conference Championships, as goalkeepers Marco Carducci and Nolan Wirth, as well as defender Jackson Farmer, and midfielder Kianz Froese will be with Canada's U-20 national team as they prepare for the Dale Farm Milk Cup in Northern Ireland.
Head coach Niall Thompson sees the absence of four potential as more of an opportunity than a challenge.
"It gives other people a chance to step up, and if we look at our squad overall, we have a lot of depth," said Thompson. "So, even if we have to put a sub out there, we're putting out a good player. Fortunately, we're getting Marco Bustos back [from the NTC Invitational Tournament with Chile's U-20 team], so that should give us some options going forward. Really, I don't think it's weakened us at all."
Goalkeeper William Diaz, 18, will start in goal for the 'Caps, while defender Nicholas Prasad will likely suit up in place of Farmer on the back line. Bustos, who had four goals in six regular season appearances for Whitecaps FC U-23, will likely take Froese's spot in the midfield.
FC Tucson earned the right to host the Western Conference Championships thanks to a dominant 11W-2L-1D regular season.
The Arizona-based club was brilliant on both sides of the pitch, putting up 35 goals in the 14-match season, while allowing just 11 tallies against.
The Mountain Division's representative in the semifinals was led by a committee of offensive threats. Forwards Ricardo Velasco, Odaine Sinclair, and Connor Brandt led the club in scoring during the regular season with seven, six, and six goals, respectively.
On the back end, goalkeeper William Thompson ran the show for Tucson, playing all but 45 minutes over the course the season season. The workhorse keeper racked up 10 wins, five clean sheets, and posted a remarkable statline, with a goals-against-average of 0.833.
However, the matchup with such a high-level team doesn't intimidate Thompson or the 'Caps.
"We're pretty confident, to be honest," he said. "We feel that we're capable of beating them if we stick to our game plan and our strengths. I think we have a really good chance of getting a good result."
Kitsap Pumas are an entirely different animal when compared to the other competitors in the final.
The greatest asset for the Northwest Division regular season champs lay in the back third of the pitch, if recent matches are any indication. Kitsap has only allowed a single goal in their past three matches, including a 1-0 elimination match win over Seattle Sounders U-23.
Pumas' impressive 9W-1L-4D record was earned with much of the same stinginess on the back end – the club either earned a clean sheet or allowed a single goal against in 13 of 14 regular season fixtures.
The 'Caps played Kitsap twice in the first month of the 2014 campaign and both matches ending in 1-1 draws.
As good as both Tucson and Kitsap have been in their own ends this season, it's Ventura County Fusion that are coming into the four-team showdown as the best defensive team in the conference.
As the 'Caps can attest, momentum is key to success, and right now, Vancouver isn't the only one riding the wave. Ventura County are on a remarkable streak defensively right now, as they come into their Friday night contest with Kitsap having not allowed a goal in over three full matches, a total stretch of 325 minutes.
Their recent playoff win, a 1-0 victory over BYU Cougars, demonstrates the exact style of play that earned Fusion an 8W-3L-3D regular season record: simple, sound defensive soccer with an opportunistic attack.
For now, neither Kitsap nor Ventura County are Thompson's primary concern, but that doesn't mean that he hasn't prepared for any possibility.
"Right now, we're trying not to get too far ahead of the next game," said Thompson. "We have to take the same attitude that we've all season: one game at a time. That said, we've done our homework, and we have an idea of how Ventura play, we have an idea of how Kitsap play. Hopefully, we can get to that second game and play them, but right now, it's all about the first game."


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December 5, 2007 — Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers not to drink Metromint brand flavored water because it may be contaminated with a bacterium called Bacillus cereus, a microorganism that may cause vomiting or diarrhea.
Soma Beverage Co., LLC., of San Francisco is voluntarily recalling all bottles of Metromint brand flavored water (Peppermint, Spearmint, Orangemint and Lemonmint) with a "Best Before" date prior to 2008/12/21 (Dec. 21, 2008) and produced at its California facility because they may be contaminated with Bacillus cereus. The "Best Before" date is on the shoulder of the bottle.
The product was distributed nationwide to grocery stores, including those in California, and sold on the Internet.
There have been no confirmed illnesses in California associated with this product to date. There is an illness complaint in Illinois that is possibly linked to consumption of this product.
The products were packaged in clear plastic 16.9-ounce bottles with a black M on the front and the lettering "KSA" in a rectangle located on back of the bottle in the lower right-hand corner.
The products were sold at the following locations in Northern California: Albertson's, Andronico's, Berkeley Bowl, BevMo!, Brown and Cole, Central Markets, Cost Plus World Market, Draeger's, Elephant Pharmacy, Fiesta Markets, Fred Meyer, Food Emporium, Haggen, Harmon's (UT), Lunardi's, Marlene's, Super Supplements, Mollie Stone's, New Seasons, PCC, Pharmaca, PW Markets, QFD, Rosauers, Safeway, Thriftway, Top Foods, Town and Country, Uwajimaya, Whole Foods Market, Wild Oaks Market, Yokes, and Zupans.
In Southern California, the products are sold at AJ's Fine Foods (AZ), Albertson's, Baron's Markets, BevMo!, Bristol Farms, Clark's Nutrition, Cost Plus World Market, Erewhon Market, Fry's, Gelson's, Henry's, Jensen's, Jimbo's Naturally, Lazy Acres, Mother's Market, New Frontiers, One World Fine Foods, Organic To Go, Pacific Coast Greens, Pavillions, Pharmaca, Ralph's, Sprouts, Sunflower, Vitality Juice and Java Bar, Vons, Wally's Win and Spirits, Wild Oats Market and Whole Foods Market.
Illness caused by Bacillus cereus may be either a vomiting or a diarrheal type. The vomiting type is characterized by nausea and vomiting within 30 minutes to six hours after consumption of contaminated foods. Duration of symptoms is generally less than 24 hours. The diarrheal type usually includes onset of abdominal cramps and watery diarrhea six to 15 hours after consumption of contaminated food. Symptoms may last for 24 to 48 hours.
Consumers in possession of the recalled product should discard it or return it to the point of purchase. Individuals who have become ill from drinking the product should contact their health care provider for evaluation.
Consumers with questions may contact the company at (415) 979-0781, Ext. 101.


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Duffy, John, 1926-2015 | Special Collections and University Archives
John Duffy, considered "one of the great heroes of American music," has composed more than 300 works for symphony orchestra, opera, theater, television and film. He has received many awards for his contributions to music: two Emmys, an ASCAP award for special recognition in film and television music, a New York State Governor's Art Award, and the (New York City) Mayor's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture. He is also the recipient of the American Music Center's Founders' Award for Lifetime Achievement. As founder and president of Meet the Composer, an organization dedicated to the creation, performance, and recording of music by American composers, he initiated countless landmark programs to advance American music and to aid American composers.
John Duffy grew up in the Bronx, one of fourteen children of Irish immigrant parents. As a young man, he studied composition with noted composers Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Luigi Dallapiccola, Solomon Rosowsky and Herbert Zipper concurrently with his career and early successes in the theater. He credits Rosowsky for insisting uncompromisingly on learning the craft of music and developing the discipline and patience necessary to the art.
His profound regard for language, its beauties and its powers, suited him ideally for his work in theater, television and film. He acquired a reputation early on as a first-class interpreter of ideas and emotion, a brilliant orchestrator, and a sensitive colleague.
Duffy's appointment, in his twenties, to the post of music director, composer and conductor of Shakespeare under the Stars, was the first in a succession of similar posts at the Guthrie Theater, the Long Wharf Theatre, and the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, and for NBC and ABC television in New York City. The culmination was his landmark music for the production of Macbeth at John Houseman's American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.
He composed some of his notable theater scores for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of The Ginger Man, Macbird, Mother Courage, Playboy of the Western World, and many Shakespeare plays, including his memorable collaboration with John Houseman.
Duffy also has composed distinguished concert music for a variety of commissions, among them: A Time for Remembrance (cantata for soprano, speaker and orchestra), commissioned by the U.S. Government to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor; Symphony No. 1: Utah, commissioned by the Sierra Club to draw attention to preserving and protecting public lands in southern Utah; Freedom Overture, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall; Concerto for Stan Getz and Concert Band; and the Emmy Award-winning score for the nine-hour PBS documentary, narrated by Abba Eban, "Heritage and the Jews."
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune call his music, "haunting, memorable, and brilliant." Recordings of his music appear on the CBS, Albany, L.A. TheatreWorks, and Koss labels. His most recent opera, Black Water, libretto by Joyce Carol Oates, premiered in Philadelphia in 2001, followed by performances in Los Angeles, Lincoln Center and Cooper Union Hall in New York City, as well as performances in Maine. Mark Swed, chief music critic for the L.A. Times, says, "…at some point the listener no longer feels like a bemused bystander, watching yet another episode of a Washington soap opera, and becomes caught up in a real opera of universal tragedy. The ending is devastating – an excellent tonic for the nightly news."
Duffy has been featured on the television programs, CBS Sunday Morning and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. He died at the age of 89 on December 22, 2015 in Norfolk, Virginia after a prolonged battle with cancer.


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Lighting up: Marijuana law questions linger
Midnight marked the end of Washington's decades-long prohibition on marijuana possession, prompting celebratory tokes at the Space Needle early Thursday morning and Seattle police to issue a droll statement that officers will look the other way.
Voters approved marijuana decriminalization through Initiative 502 by a 12-point margin on Nov. 6. But, despite the efforts of the serious-minded supporters who crafted the law, what happens next remains something of a mystery.
One ex-Microsoftie is already aspiring to be the state's first entirely legal pot kingpin. A new driving-under-the-influence rule will be ripe for an in-court test. For at least a year, Washingtonians won't be able to legally grow or sell the pot they can now legally buy.
And, hanging over it all, federal authorities still won't say whether they'll play ball as state leaders in Olympia attempt to put in place the truly revolutionary piece of I-502 – a state system which licenses growers and dealers while taxing the heck out of pot.
"We're in uncharted water here," Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said at a press conference Wednesday morning.
"We've struggled with prohibition for a century," Holmes continued. "It's going to take some time to substitute a state licensed and regulated system."
First, the easy piece.
As of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, possession of an ounce or less of marijuana by people 21 and older will no longer be illegal under Washington law. Public smoking is still banned, and pot won't get a pass on the anti-smoking rules for bars and restaurants.
But the murkiness of the law has prompted the Seattle Police Department to order its 1,300 officers to take no enforcement action on public marijuana users. That means anyone caught smoking pot in public will get a verbal warning from cops.
Trickier will be a portion of the initiative enabling the state to regulate and tax marijuana, which the state Liquor Control Board is expected to do by December 2013.
Marijuana could then be sold to customers over 21. Restrictions written into the initiative would prevent pot retailers from opening near places where children congregate, block advertising on public transit and provide recourse for local governments unhappy with Liquor Control Board licensing decisions.
The initiative's sponsors contend it does not run afoul of federal drug law – it impacts only state activities, they contend, and would not require state agents to do anything illegal. Medical marijuana is readily available in Washington and several other states despite it being disallowed under federal law. Backers of the initiative hope the same kind of unofficial truce will allow the state to regulate and tax marijuana distribution in Washington.
In a statement, U.S. Attorney for Western Washington Jenny Durkan reiterated that Congress has placed marijuana in the same category of drugs as heroin, and ordered that it be policed as such. Durkan suggested that only Congress can remove that mandate.
"Regardless of any changes in state law, including the change that will go into effect on December 6th in Washington State, growing, selling or possessing any amount of marijuana remains illegal under federal law," Durkan said in a statement. She went on to remind the public not to bring marijuana onto federal property, including national parks and forests.
Federal authorities have stopped short of threatening to take any specific action. Holmes described their posture as "studied silence."
Speaking Wednesday, Alison Holcomb, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington drug policy director who spearheaded the legalization effort, said the ultimate goal is to square federal law with federal action in the field. And that, she agreed, will take action by Congress.
But Holcomb suggested minor changes in federal drug law could go a long way to ameliorate the concerns of Washington voters who supported I-502. Congress need only order that law enforcement action fall in line with state law with regard to marijuana.
More broadly, Roger Rothman, a professor emeritus at the University of Washington's School of Social Work, said he hopes the change in law will allow for greater education about the dangers of marijuana.
"We have not done well with safely and healthily living with marijuana," Rothaman said at the ACLU press conference Wednesday.
Describing the drug as "not harmless," Rothman, who spent his career researching marijuana dependence, said the public is very poorly informed about the threats the drug can pose. He suggested those wishing to educate themselves review "Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs" or other materials provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
While the threat of legal action looms, state law enforcement will enter uncharted territory.
Smoking marijuana in public will remain illegal – those caught doing so could be ticketed, and face penalties similar to a traffic ticket. Speaking Wednesday, Holmes said it was too early to say exactly what qualifies as "in public" – a smoking area outside a bar would be a gray area – but that a basic guideline is not to smoke marijuana in view of a public space.
The initiative also mandates that anyone caught driving with a specific level of active THC in their blood – 5 nanograms per milliliter – is presumed to be driving under the influence. THC is the chemical in marijuana that makes users high; proponents compare the rule to the .08 blood alcohol concentration limit set for drunk driving.
Driving stoned was already illegal, but the "per se" limit put in place by I-502 gives police a clear measure that's easier to prove in court. Impaired driving specialists will still be called on to check drivers suspected of driving stoned, and law enforcement agencies are working to incorporate the blood testing into their work.
"With respect to impaired driving, we hope you've all heard our mantra by now: We've always arrested impaired drivers regardless of the drug involved," State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said in a statement. "It has always been a crime to drive while impaired by drugs whether they be illegal, legal or even medically prescribed. This new law does not change how troopers will determine impairment at the side of the road."
The blood tests take days or weeks to deliver results, Calkins said, making them "an issue for prosecutors and defense attorneys," not troopers.
The referendum also does nothing to impede employers from drug testing workers – the federal Department of Transportation has already warned commercial drivers, train conductors and pilots that a positive drug test for marijuana will leave them parked and grounded.
University students living on campus will not be permitted to possess marijuana. While most wouldn't be allowed to anyway – I-502 decriminalized marijuana for those 21 and over – universities are concerned that giving the green light to marijuana on campus violates federal rules about drugs in schools.
Holmes warned that his office will prosecute "unfortunate flaunting" of marijuana in public places. Basically, he said the city's near total tolerance of minor marijuana crimes doesn't extend to intentional public smoking.
Holmes also acknowledged that marijuana reform remains a work in progress, and suggested patience.
"We've struggled with prohibition for a century," Holmes said. "It's going to take some time to substitute a state licensed and regulated system."
CORRECTION: Due to a reporter's error, this article incorrectly described the manner in which cocaine and methamphetamine are catagorized under federal law.
Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news.
Levi Pulkkinen can be reached at 206-448-8348 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Levi on Twitter at twitter.com/levipulk.


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A Backbone for JavaScript-Heavy Web UI
It seems like every week there's a new JavaScript framework that claims to simplify the process of bringing desktop-like interactivity to web applications. The number of these libraries and frameworks seems to have exploded within the last year, and although they all attack the problem in different ways (and arguably all play some small role in pushing things forward), some are definitely more interesting than others. Unfortunately only a few things that seem interesting at first glance get a closer look, because, after all, we've got actual production code to write. Right?
When a few fellow developers that I respect started talking about Backbone.js, I liked what I heard. A few weeks later, I finally had some free time to play around with it :). After spending a mere 15 minutes thumbing through a tutorial, I already liked this framework for its sheer simplicity and reliance on existing conventions. Weighing in at under 1000 lines of code, less than 4kb minified and gzip'd, Backbone does an awful lot in a very natural way, without lots of new jargon to learn or a complicated directory structure. Backbone follows basic REST conventions, so it's easy to work it into your infrastructure if you're already following this pattern on the server side (using Rails or an equivalent MVC framework).
Backbone encourages users to decouple their data from their DOM elements and use its own concept of Models. Those data models can be -- surprise -- created, validated, saved to a server, destroyed; standard CRUD operations that you're already familiar with. When a user interacts with a model, a change event is fired, which will tell all of the Views that hold a reference to that model to update themselves, thus eliminating a ton of ugly view code that we use to control visual updates in modern JavaScript-heavy web UIs. Unlike a "View" in a traditional MVC framework, an individual Backbone "View" often manages a much smaller portion of a web page, like an item in a list or an on-screen widget. Backbone also offers support for collections of models of course, and you can leverage events with these collections in similar ways, such as when an item is added or removed from a collection.
In addition to offering abstractions for Model and View components, Backbone also has a concept of a Controller, which is not entirely dissimilar from the one found in Rails or other MVC frameworks. Backbone's Controller, however, acts as a router and intermediary between #hash fragment-friendly URLs and your own actions and events. This means that is also has a notion of browser history baked-in (Backbone.history) which allows you to use the back button in your browser in a sane manner for navigation.
And of course, it all plays nicely with jQuery.
DocumentCloud, the organization that has open sourced Backbone, is already using it in production and will be continuing to improve upon it. Other services already using Backbone include QuietWrite, Tzigla, MapBox, and 37 Signals' Basecamp Mobile product. Although existing production deployments may not be a prerequisite to deploying a library in your own application, it certainly helps to know that others are depending on the long-term health of the code.
All in all I really dig the approach that Backbone takes to structured JavaScript development. It's simple, it's lightweight, and it gets out of my way and allows me to concentrate on building application logic rather than managing lots of unnecessary glue code. If you want to see a live example of Backbone in a simple application (which for me is always the best way to start evaluating a technology), their example todo list application (with local storage) is very straightforward and easily grokked. There's also an excellent introductory piece over at Liquid Media, and an even more in-depth tutorial written by the author of QuietWrite.
The Backbone.js source is hosted on GitHub. Check it out, and let me know what you think!


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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna to Perform in Israel
Video: Trailer for Mats Ek's Place with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna
An expectant buzz traveled through the crowd. A constellation of flashbulbs went off. A row of red recording lights switched on. A sea of pens was poised above blank paper. "It's all very exciting," acknowledged the Suzanne Dellal Centre's director, Yair Vardi, with a smile.
It was a very exciting press conference indeed. Two legendary dancers – Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna – were seated in Studio A to discuss their upcoming performances at Suzanne Dellal on Saturday June 26 and at the Herzliya Performing Arts Center on June 28-30. The program, titled "Three solos and a duet," showcases the sublime artistry of these great talents in works by equally masterful choreographers. The pair will dance together in an excerpt from Mats Ek's Solo for Two (1996) and in Ek's Place (2007). Baryshnikov will also perform Benjamin Millepied's Years later (2006 & 2009) and Valse-Fantasie (2009) by Alexei Ratmansky, whom the dancer calls a "salvation" for ballet in the U.S.
Baryshnikov explained, "This program is highly personal, in many respects," noting that it "[reflects] some kind of values which we both pursue on stage" including "life experiences and the complexities of people who have lived." He further opined that although the program is composed of shorter works, "It's not just a salad with little appetizers. Each piece means something."
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna in Mats Ek's Place (Ställe). Photo by Bengt Wanselius.
While the press conference was ostensibly geared to promote these eagerly anticipated concerts, it was a remarkable opportunity to hear one of the dance world's most iconic figures reflect on his illustrious career and offer his perspective on a variety of issues within the broader dance field. Indeed, as members of the crowd eagerly peppered Baryshnikov with questions (Laguna preferred to remain silent, smiling warmly throughout), the discussion grew remarkably wide-ranging.
At times, the questions touched on political issues. When asked if he had considered canceling his appearance in Israel, as several famous musicians have done in the wake of the Gaza flotilla incident, Baryshnikov replied, "No, I didn't. I made this commitment a long time ago;" he also emphasized later, "Art should not be about politics." He added at another point in the conversation, "I have a lot of friends in Israel – former classmates, people that I danced with, dancers that I admired. Hopefully, Ana and I will meet a new generation of your audience and dance lovers."
Another reporter noted that next week marks the 36th anniversary of Baryshnikov's defection from the U.S.S.R. and asked him how he felt about his decision to leave. In response, the dancer talked about the challenge of acclimating to the United States and remarked, "[My defection] was a necessity at that time, a very serious decision and a very difficult decision."
On a lighter note, one attendee observed that a younger generation knows Baryshnikov not as a brilliant dancer but as Aleksandr Petrovsky, Carrie Bradshaw's love interest in the popular television series Sex and the City. "Isn't that a horrifying thought!" laughed Baryshnikov before explaining that although he enjoyed this acting gig, he does not miss playing the role.
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna in Mats Ek's Place (Ställe). Photo by Bengt Wanselius.
But most of the inquiries focused on Baryshnikov's dancing itself, and several people referred back to his ballet roots in their questions. Calling ballet his "alma mater," the Kirov-trained dancer remarked, "The knowledge of the a-b-c of classical dance helped me," attributing his longevity and coordination to his early background in ballet. He also asserted, "I always believed that classical dance can be the most expressive kind of dance even though it only has a few steps."
While one reporter mentioned that he had avidly watched videos of Baryshnikov's interpretations of canonical ballet roles, the dancer said he himself was not a fan of filming performance. "I think the video gives a very murky layer of text to your performance," he stated. "I believe that dance is a live form of art." Baryshnikov offered up a few gems about this live art during the conversation. "It's always a chutzpah to go onstage and know that you are receiving money to do something you love!" he exclaimed. Yet performance for him is far more than a living. "Those few minutes onstage in front of an audience are the closest to any kind of spirituality," he said.
Regarding the current state of his art form, Baryshnikov observed that today's dancers "are extraordinarily gifted" and "can do anything." But with the recent loss of such creators as Pina Bausch and Merce Cunningham, he admits, "We are a bit lost. I'm luckily not a choreographer . . . There's always been pressure to create something in the highest order. It's always a bit of Russian roulette when you create something."
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna in Mats Ek's Place (Ställe). Photo by Bengt Wanselius.
Addressing a question about the difficulties of dancing in his 50s and 60s, Baryshnikov noted that he has performed different repertory as he has aged. He stopped appearing in the ballet classics in his late thirties and turned instead to contemporary choreography. "Always the next project kept me on my toes, so to speak," he punned, listing a series of renowned choreographers – Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Merce Cunningham – who kept him onstage. His current repertory in fact demands the particular skills of a mature, seasoned performer rather than a younger, physically virtuosic dancer; indeed, he argued, the duets danced by himself and Laguna would look odd if performed by dancers in their twenties.
As his dance performances have become less frequent, Baryshnikov has broadened his activities, investigating the possibilities of acting in cinema and the theater. In 2005, he founded the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, which presents works in a variety of disciplines and supports artists' exploration through residencies and fellowships. Eventually, Baryshnikov's influence will shift offstage. "I know it's the end of the road for me. Not a painful or sad but bittersweet occasion," he acknowledged. Baryshnikov said that whether or not he continues to perform "depends on the material that choreographers offer." "Dancers rely on the mercy of choreographers," he noted.
Let us hope choreographers are merciful for a little while longer.
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Baryshnikov was a major icon for me as a young dancer. I didn't always agree with him, but I cannot deny his talent. Thank you for posting this interview. I wish I was in Israel to see him perform. Thankfully, as Baryshnikov said, dance is not always about politics.
This man made me love to watch ballet since Turning Point, 1977. Now, seeing the stills of him and Ana, he makes me want to dance. What a talented and sexy man. Thank you for getting me up to date.


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North Carolina State nearly became the victim of an upset loss to an FCS program Saturday evening, but a field goal in the final minute of the game gave the Wolfpack a 23-21 victory. Niklas Sade connected on a 48-yard field goal to give North Carolina the late lead to avoid disaster.
Richmond made one last effort to steal the win but the game ended on an incomplete pass from Richmond quarterback Michael Strauss, who passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns in the losing effort. North Carolina State turned the football over four times to allow Richmond opportunities to grab the upset bid, but North Carolina State's defense held Richmond to just 22 rushing yards on 25 rushing attempts. Pete Thomas passed for 237 yards and completed 24 of 31 attempts but was intercepted twice. Bryant Shirreffs completed three pass attempts, including one for a touchdown midway through the third quarter for the Wolfpack.
Elsewhere, James Madison fell just short on the road at Akron. The Dukes had the ball and moved down in to what may have been considered field goal range but a final play was never called dead for forward progress and the final seconds on the clock expired, securing a 35-31 victory for Akron.
Down in SEC country, Samford has been giving Arkansas a tough time, but Arkansas has taken a 31-21 lead at the time of this posting in the fourth quarter.


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Thrillers and Suspense
September 2019
Recent Releases
Lost You
Haylen Beck
What it is:
moving psychological thriller in which the tension is ratcheted up by the shared anguish of two sympathetic characters who claim to be the mother of a three-year-old boy named Ethan.
For fans of:
Allison Brennan, Megan Abbott, and Karen Ellis.
About the author:
Haylen Beck is a pseudonym of Stuart Neville, best known for Belfast-set crime fiction.
Steve Cavanagh
What it's about:
A Hollywood star is charged with a double murder that looks open and shut, but things get complicated when the actor's defense attorney realizes that the killer may actually be on the jury.
conman-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn; movie star and defendant Bobby Solomon; an audacious and frighteningly clever serial killer that the FBI can't seem to catch.
Read it for:
the intricate plotting, compelling writing, and well-developed characters.
The Escape Room
Megan Goldin
What it is:
a twist on the traditional locked-room thriller; a story about the team-building exercise from hell.
Wall Street colleagues Sylvie, Sam, Jules, and Vincent, who share a tangled web of connections, rivalries, and dark secrets.
What goes down:
The four investment bankers share an elevator on their way to a training exercise, only to find that the elevator
the exercise and that they'll have to work together if they want to survive.
Black Sun
Owen Matthews
The premise:
It's 1961, and deep in the Russian countryside in a city that technically doesn't exist, scientists have developed a weapon so powerful that it could turn the Cold War hot.
The problem:
Days before a final weapon test, a physicist dies suspiciously. Major Alexander Vasin is sent to investigate, only to stumble upon a conspiracy that seems large even by Soviet standards.
Author alert:
Historian and journalist Owen Matthews has also published nonfiction about the Cold War, such as the critically acclaimed
Stalin's Children.
Beijing Payback
Daniel Nieh
Victor Li, a college basketball player and son of Vincent Li, an L.A.-based restauranteur who left China in the 1970s.
What happens:
Vincent is killed in an apparent burglary, only for Victor to discover his father's decades-old ties to organized crime and government corruption back in China.
About the author:
Before publishing
Beijing Payback
(his debut novel), Daniel Nieh worked as a model and translator based in Beijing.
Small Town Suspense
James A. McLaughlin
What it's about:
Poachers are killing bears on an Appalachian nature preserve where Rice Moore is working as a caretaker, but his attempts to stop them bring up secrets from his past and reveal his location to the members of the drug cartel that he came to Virginia to hide from.
Why you might like it:
Lush writing and an atmospheric tone almost turn the natural world into a character itself.
For fans of:
Paul Doiron, Nevada Barr, and C.J. Box.
The Perfect Stranger
Megan Miranda
What it is:
menacing and fast-paced story of Leah Stevens, who leaves the big city (and career failure) behind to move in with her friend Emmy in rural Pennsylvania. But when Emmy suddenly goes missing, Leah is unable to convince the police that her friend ever existed.
Try this next:
by Christine Mangan;
A Simple Favor
by Darcey Bell;
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware.
About the author:
After primarily writing young adult fiction, Megan Miranda published adult suspense novels such as
All the Missing Girls
The Last House Guest.
Barbed Wire Heart
Tess Sharpe
What it's about:
In Northern California, 22-year-old Harley McKenna wants to get out of the family business, and if that means igniting a blood feud between her drug kingpin father and his rivals, so be it.
Why you might like it:
With flawed but likeable Harley at the helm, this hard-bitten crime novel is both intense and affecting; there's plenty of violence as well as an intriguing father-daughter dynamic.
For fans of:
the atmosphere and star character in Daniel Woodrell's
Winter's Bone
The Blinds
Adam Sternbergh
The premise:
Caesura looks like any other middle-of-nowhere Texas town, but it's actually an experimental new kind of witness protection program, designed to encourage criminals to turn state's evidence.
The problem:
In a town where not even the sheriff is supposed to be armed, why were two residents just found shot to death? And how is the sheriff supposed to investigate when everyone's memories have been altered?
Why you might like it:
he characters in this modern western are complex and human, with as many redeeming qualities as flaws.
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This route is ideal for leisurely tours and has a number of places to explore along the way. It consists of eight circuits through the flat countryside of the Lower Fläming region and the Baruther glacial valley south of Berlin.
Flemish people settled here between the Elbe, Havel and Spree rivers in the 12th and 13th centuries, giving the region its name. Today, the area is more popular with cyclists and skaters who come to enjoy traffic-free fun on the broad asphalt paths. At the heart of the route is a circular tour covering just under 100 kilometres. It also has several shorter circuits, which are perfect for a tour divided into one-day stages. The swimming lakes and outdoor pools en route are great in the warm weather. There's also plenty of variety on offer in the medieval towns and villages.
Terrain: the path for cyclists and inline skaters runs along several circuits away from traffic and is on asphalt throughout. The tracks are between two and three metres wide and there are only a few steep inclines.
Scenery: the route runs through a predominantly flat landscape with sandy dunes, the sparsely populated Baruther glacial valley and the Lower Fläming region. Fields and forests are typical features of the landscape.
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Jenna knows that her mother disappeared years ago from an elephant sanctuary where her parents both worked. One of the employees was trampled to death by an elephant one night, and her mother was found unconscious nearby. She was brought to hospital but checked herself out and was gone before morning. No one knew what had happened that fateful night, or why her mother left without taking her or telling anyone where she went.
Picoult's popular bestsellers are well researched, engagingly plotted, a bit formulaic and cliché, but always entertaining. This time she has done something different. Her usual formula is to take an issue and explore all of the various angles of it through the eyes of different characters. Only this time it's not an issue, it's a mystery. And the research and information is all about elephants, so if you are not into pachyderms, you might want to take a pass. One of the characters is a psychic so the element of communicating with the dead is added to the story as well. This makes for a pairing of two unlikely subjects (paranormal activity and elephant behaviour), but Picoult pulls it off. The book has numerous twists and turns and will keep you guessing to the very end.
I must admit to having a soft spot for elephants. We were blessed by living in close proximity to them for years in Tanzania and had many opportunities to observe them and many stories to tell of encounters with them. One weekend get-away destination for our family was a tented camp where elephants would often graze around our tents or visit us by the poolside. Once while lounging on a sunbed, I heard our youngest who was a toddler then, utter a new word for her: "tembo" (Swahili for elephant). When I looked up, sure enough, there she stood gazing at the magnificent animal before her.
The paranormal and elephant behaviour are not normally subjects paired together, but oddly they did coincide for me once before, and it makes for a very funny story I cannot resist to tell. My sister, who was at that time working for a parapsychology institute in Holland, had found me a homeopath to consult since I was struggling with a health issue. This healer wanted to determine what my "spirit animal" was, so that I could think about that and get well from the understanding it would give me. Well, from the consultation I learned that my spirit animal was a matriarchal elephant which was hilarious considering my health issue was chronic sinusitis!
Picoult is passionate about the plight of elephant populations worldwide. Elephants are in danger of extinction because of the value of ivory in the marketplace. She is hoping that the support of books such as hers and protection organizations that she endorses, will make a difference.


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ok so I've been sitting in my car for a long time thinking about the day I had with myself...I went to the vmfa virginia museum of fine arts which is FREE I might add and has everything art related except of course myself beneath plexiglass. I really liked this particular painting from 1950 and I thought id share it with you...its just inspiring...o and another thing. there was this andy warhol brillo pad box that was so normal that it was beautiful....yea. grocery store beauty. anyway I'm dun being a bad writer. adios
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